The July Bus

[KnitterNotTwitter]

Welcome to the July Bus - a place for anyone TTC a July 2011 baby...

Ding Ding... the bus is ready to depart :)

Woo hoo cep!

Greeneyes good luck with the sexy lingerie

GetDownYouWillFall I don't tell DH the full details - I think he felt a bit unloved in the later part of my cycle the other month

Hope the baby house (great expression!) cramps are a good sign. I don't think 7dpo is too early to feel implantation cramps (based on obsessive reading of MN rather than personal experience...) but I've definitely noticed every single twinge since starting ttc but wasn't pg. But definitely have fingers crossed for you, Knitter, LadyGoneGaga and the other ladies at the front of the bus.

Yeah for cep

Can we claim you as a grad?

Yes grapefuit juice is supposed to mean you generate more EWCM, heaven know how and how such a link was established. I'll try anything me, proven or otherwise!!

Welcome bubble, I remember you from previous buses I am sure.

Alien06 TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL 31-32 AF due 14 Oct
Hippyhen TTC#1 cycle 18 UCL 26 AF due 21 Oct
GetDownYouWillFall TTC#2 cycle 1 UCL 27-45 days AF due 21 Oct
LadyGoneGaga TTC#2 cycle 1 (post-mc) AF due 22 Oct
Brasso4 TTC#2 cycle 1 UCL (not sure) AF due 23 Oct
Greeneyesbigbottom TTC#1 Cycle 14 UCL28 AF Due 24th Oct
KnitterNotTwitter TTC#2 cycle 2 (round 3) UCL 28-32 AF due 24 Oct
Mylittlebubble TTC#2 Cycle 4 UCL 32 AF Due 24TH Oct
Fledtoscotland TTC #3 cycle 4 UCL 26-28 AF due 25 Oct
KnackeredCow TTC#1 cycle 13 UCL 28 AF due 27 Oct
Fatheadsgirl TTC#2 Cycle3(post 3MC's) UCL30-35 AF due 28 Oct
Rosieroseanna TTC#1 UCL 28 cycle 4 AF due 28 Oct
absentbump TTC #1 cycle 17 UCL 23-27 days AF due 28 Oct
Rosieposey TTC #5 cycle 10 UCL 30 AF due 29 Oct
Ravenlocks TTC#1 Cycle 6 UCL 29 AF due 29 Oct
Eskarina TTC #1, Cycle 4, UCL 27-35 (tending towards 33ish), AF due 22-29th Oct
Teds77 TTC#1 cycle 3 UCL 26-28 AF due 30 Oct
mrsden TTC#1 cycle 4 UCL 30 AF due 31 Oct
kat2504 ttc#1 cycle 2 UCL approx 26, AF due 31st Oct
Jazzy-ttc#2 cycle 2 UCL 25-? AF due 31 Oct?
IzzyWizzyletsgetbusy TTC#3 (post mc) cycle 3 UCL26-29 AF due 3 Nov
Wombat33 ttc#1 cycle 1 (post MC) UCL 31ish AF due 5/6 Nov
MrsP81 ttc#1 cycle 6 UCL 30-32 AF due 5/6 Nov
sillybillymummy ttc#3 cycle 6 UCL 29 CD3 AF due 5th-9th Nov
PeevedEve TTC#2 Cycle 17 UCL 27-28 AF due 7 Nov
FluffySparkles TTC #1 UCL 31-35 AF due 10 Nov
Queenrollo TTC#2 cycle 8 UCL 35-41 AF due 11 Nov
Jigglebum TTC no 2 cycle 9 UCL 35-40 AF due 11 Nov
Luce2006 TTC#2 cycle 14 UCL 19-36 AF due 14 Nov

Graduates
Cep - BFP 13 Oct

i don't mind being claimed. is rather nice. and thank you.

'Evening folks. I'd really like to join you as I appear to have killed the other thread I was on.
I come bearing a large bottle of prosecco, which I am keeping to myself happy to share.
My stats are:
gettingonmyownnerves TTC#2 cycle 9 UCL 25-31 days AF due 3rd/4th November
I'm not confident enough to add myself so would be v grateful if someone could add me further down.
Congrats to cep on the first bfp of the thread and good luck to all at the front of the bus!

welcome Getting, just adding you.

Alien06 TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL 31-32 AF due 14 Oct
Hippyhen TTC#1 cycle 18 UCL 26 AF due 21 Oct
GetDownYouWillFall TTC#2 cycle 1 UCL 27-45 days AF due 21 Oct
LadyGoneGaga TTC#2 cycle 1 (post-mc) AF due 22 Oct
Brasso4 TTC#2 cycle 1 UCL (not sure) AF due 23 Oct
Greeneyesbigbottom TTC#1 Cycle 14 UCL28 AF Due 24th Oct
KnitterNotTwitter TTC#2 cycle 2 (round 3) UCL 28-32 AF due 24 Oct
Mylittlebubble TTC#2 Cycle 4 UCL 32 AF Due 24TH Oct
Fledtoscotland TTC #3 cycle 4 UCL 26-28 AF due 25 Oct
KnackeredCow TTC#1 cycle 13 UCL 28 AF due 27 Oct
Fatheadsgirl TTC#2 Cycle3(post 3MC's) UCL30-35 AF due 28 Oct
Rosieroseanna TTC#1 UCL 28 cycle 4 AF due 28 Oct
absentbump TTC #1 cycle 17 UCL 23-27 days AF due 28 Oct
Rosieposey TTC #5 cycle 10 UCL 30 AF due 29 Oct
Ravenlocks TTC#1 Cycle 6 UCL 29 AF due 29 Oct
Eskarina TTC #1, Cycle 4, UCL 27-35 (tending towards 33ish), AF due 22-29th Oct
Teds77 TTC#1 cycle 3 UCL 26-28 AF due 30 Oct
mrsden TTC#1 cycle 4 UCL 30 AF due 31 Oct
kat2504 ttc#1 cycle 2 UCL approx 26, AF due 31st Oct
Jazzy-ttc#2 cycle 2 UCL 25-? AF due 31 Oct?
IzzyWizzyletsgetbusy TTC#3 (post mc) cycle 3 UCL26-29 AF due 3 Nov
gettingonmyownnerves TTC#2 cycle 9 UCL 25-31 days AF due 3rd/4th November
Wombat33 ttc#1 cycle 1 (post MC) UCL 31ish AF due 5/6 Nov
MrsP81 ttc#1 cycle 6 UCL 30-32 AF due 5/6 Nov
sillybillymummy ttc#3 cycle 6 UCL 29 CD3 AF due 5th-9th Nov
PeevedEve TTC#2 Cycle 17 UCL 27-28 AF due 7 Nov
FluffySparkles TTC #1 UCL 31-35 AF due 10 Nov
Queenrollo TTC#2 cycle 8 UCL 35-41 AF due 11 Nov
Jigglebum TTC no 2 cycle 9 UCL 35-40 AF due 11 Nov
Luce2006 TTC#2 cycle 14 UCL 19-36 AF due 14 Nov

Graduates
Cep - BFP 13 Oct

Congratulations cep!

Hey cep, congratulations! What a short bus ride!

Thanks for the prosecco. I have red wine and crisps to share. Bought some grapefruit juice in shop today - am I supposed to drink it all month long or just at certain times? In addition to folic acid, multi vits, evening primrose.......

Very boring time of month for me here. Cd 9, started ov tests early today but thankfully nothing yet. Fingers crossed that it happens on Sunday so have all weekend to swi. Last month i was nearly a week late and that would be a disaster this time as it would make being together at the right time nigh on impossible.

Absolutely knackered too. Work getting me down but this time in 2 weeks I will be enjoying a lovely holiday in Budapest. Shame it isn't at SWI time!!

Knitter you know it's too early! I understand the poas compulsion all too well but I really think before 11dpo it isn't really worth it. Unless you get a BFP of course! The 2ww is horrible isn't it? Sounds like you've done everything right this month though so good luck for your tests at the weekend

getdown No I do NOT tell him all the gory details. He hopefully thinks I have gone mad for his seductive charms and this means I have more chance of engineering the "right time". He knows I am monitoring cycle and discreetly doing opks but I have never said "today is the day" as I think it is a bit of a passion killer, for me as well as for him.

A question for you all? First month of using OP sticks.

I got my first positive on Sunday and again Monday and Tuesday. Negative today so does that mean we need to keep going at it for a few more days or does the negative mean thats it?

Wow - congratulations cep. Lets hope there are many more of us joining you as graduates soon

My new thermometer arrived today - a more accurate one so I can feed my new obsession be more precise and see if I do actually ovulate or not. OPKs should arrive tomorrow. DH was somewhat taken aback that I could find things to buy but I pointed out how much a CBFM costs and he backed off (I should point out that I have spent less than £10, which we can easily afford). It's loooking more positive that I might ovulate this month - (TMI alert) I actually have CM now, and it's CD19 so that's looking right for a 33-35 day cycle.

What does evening primrose do? Isn't it what older people take for their joints??

I try not to tell DH about the finer points of my cycle, but he works it out anyway. I keep a paper copy of my BBT chart by the bed and he takes an unhealthy interest in it, complimenting himself if there are lots of days circled in the SWI column. sigh. He's well aware of when I think I might be ovulating....I don't pester him otherwise!

According to some posters, EPO increases your EWCM, therefore aiding the fertility process. Not sure if this is medically proven but am giving it a whirl anyway?

bubble are you sure you had 3 positives in a row? That is quite unusual I think as the LH surge is only meant to last for a day. The test line has to be at least as dark, if not darker than the control line. I get an "almost positive" result the day or two before the actual positive, this is useful as it allows you to get started early! When was your darkest line? If it was the middle one the day before and after might have been the LH going up and then down. I'd say up until Thursday, Friday at the very latest in case you ov'd later than the kit suggests, after that it's just for fun!
Love the idea of him priding himself on circled days! what a good idea - will give him a sense of achievement - think I'll give it a go!

Thanks for that LadyGG,
Kat I haven't tried grapefruit juice but have heard that taking cough syrup coming up to ovulation can help with cm too.
I am trying so hard to remember to take my agnus castus, vitamins and folic acid this month that I'm afraid that I'll forget to actually SWI!
Mylittlebubble, I've never had much luck with OPKs but I think, as the LH surge happens before ovulation, it might be worth trying one more day, just to be sure?
Eskarina, apparently evening primrose helps with CM, sounds like you will be busy over the next few days!

evening ladies.

havent been around much due to work and SWing. Got faint positive with the OPK last saturday and very strong positive sunday. really pleased as thats 3months in row I've ovulated (only have one tube and one ovary) so at least I know that my right ovary is doing its job.

DH feeling a bit like a machine but thankfully has obliged although the tiredness from long shifts at work and coming home to DTD has taken its toll.

Congratulations to our two positives! hopefully there will be lots of baby just around on this bus

Kat i think the darkest line was the first one on the Sunday.

I'll keep going with the SWI till the weekend. DH plums are aching so will have to be very seductive to get another one out of him this week . He says is due to too much SWI but I'm not convinced. Anyone else's DH suffered with this?

If it helps anyone, try not to obsess over EWCM - when I conceived DD I didn't seem to have any around the time of ovulation or after, so it doesn't necessarily indicate whether you can get pregnant or not

Mylittlebubble I think you are fertile for up to 48hrs after a positive OPK.... but three days in a row? Hmm, you're not pregnant are you?!?!?

Eskarina glad you got your 2decimal place thermometer. Obsess away!!! Am very impressed with your DH showing an interest in your charts! Mine just goes "oh, that's.... interesting"

Was convinced I had sore boobs when first woke up this morning. Also those pains yesterday have got me all a wondering.... trying not to be too hopeful though, the disappointment would be huge otherwise.

Congratulations cep!

Ok, I am officially going crazy. I had bad indigestion last night, woke up after a really vivid dream and felt sick when I got up and my nose was running so I thought "oh, maybe I'm pregnant". Then I remembered that I haven't ovulated yet and am only on CD14!

We should be right in the middle of SWI-ing phase but we both have bad colds and DH is working late so isn't getting in until 10pm and is very tired so I don't think this is going to be our month. But you never know .

mylittlebubble maybe your DH needs a little rest You should try and persuade him to go to his GP though, my DH had aching a couple of years ago and I nagged him to go to the dr because I was worried about it. His doctor took it very seriously even though DH was convinced it was nothing. He had an ultrasound and all was fine but the doctor said it's always better to get checked out and men are rubbish at doing that so need us to nag them.

Morning all. Congratualtions Cep!!!

Bubble I always get two or three days in a row of positives on the OPK (I use the clear blue digi smiley face ones) so I don't think it's anything to worry about. I don't know when during those three days the 48 hour window for ov starts and finishes though. In Aug we managed to SWI each positive day and got a BFP (but I MC at 7 wks), but in the cycle immediately following that we only SWI on day one, not days 2 and 3 of the smiley faces and BFN, so I guess keep at it for as long as you and DH can!! Good luck!

Welcome new ladies :)

Do you all want to hear something funny.... I was making a cup of tea last night and while waiting for the kettle to boil I was looking at the calendar on the wall and thinking right so AF due 24th.... Today is the 14th... Hang on a minute.... yep i'd lost a week somewhere... Shouldn't have been even thinking about POAS for a good week... How I laughed (and felt a bit stupid) I had thought that the 2WW felt quite speedy this time round.

That said I had an interesting twinge in the womb area this morning... implantation...???

well, knitter I didn't like to say anything at the time but I did think doing a test at 6DPO was a bit bonkers

twinge in the womb area sounds promising I had major twinges yesterday - quite noticeable pains, I am pretty sure I didn't imagine them. But nothing today.

afternoon Ladies gosh,can't keep up you lot!!!! You talk to much!!!!!!!!!

Alien06 TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL 31-32 AF due 14 Oct
Hippyhen TTC#1 cycle 18 UCL 26 AF due 21 Oct
GetDownYouWillFall TTC#2 cycle 1 UCL 27-45 days AF due 21 Oct
LadyGoneGaga TTC#2 cycle 1 (post-mc) AF due 22 Oct
Brasso4 TTC#2 cycle 1 UCL (not sure) AF due 23 Oct
Greeneyesbigbottom TTC#1 Cycle 14 UCL28 AF Due 24th Oct
KnitterNotTwitter TTC#2 cycle 2 (round 3) UCL 28-32 AF due 24 Oct
Mylittlebubble TTC#2 Cycle 4 UCL 32 AF Due 24TH Oct
Fledtoscotland TTC #3 cycle 4 UCL 26-28 AF due 25 Oct
KnackeredCow TTC#1 cycle 13 UCL 28 AF due 27 Oct
Fatheadsgirl TTC#2 Cycle3(post 3MC's) UCL30-35 AF due 28 Oct
Rosieroseanna TTC#1 UCL 28 cycle 4 AF due 28 Oct
absentbump TTC #1 cycle 17 UCL 23-27 days AF due 28 Oct
Rosieposey TTC #5 cycle 10 UCL 30 AF due 29 Oct
Ravenlocks TTC#1 Cycle 6 UCL 29 AF due 29 Oct
Eskarina TTC #1, Cycle 4, UCL 27-35 (tending towards 33ish), AF due 22-29th Oct
Teds77 TTC#1 cycle 3 UCL 26-28 AF due 30 Oct
mrsden TTC#1 cycle 4 UCL 30 AF due 31 Oct
kat2504 ttc#1 cycle 2 UCL approx 26, AF due 31st Oct
Jazzy-ttc#2 cycle 2 UCL 25-? AF due 31 Oct?
IzzyWizzyletsgetbusy TTC#3 (post mc) cycle 3 UCL26-29 AF due 3 Nov
gettingonmyownnerves TTC#2 cycle 9 UCL 25-31 days AF due 3rd/4th November
Wombat33 ttc#1 cycle 1 (post MC) UCL 31ish AF due 5/6 Nov
MrsP81 ttc#1 cycle 6 UCL 30-32 AF due 5/6 Nov
sillybillymummy ttc#3 cycle 6 UCL 29 CD3 AF due 5th-9th Nov
PeevedEve TTC#2 Cycle 17 UCL 27-28 AF due 7 Nov
FluffySparkles TTC #1 UCL 31-35 AF due 10 Nov
Queenrollo TTC#2 cycle 8 UCL 35-41 AF due 11 Nov
Jigglebum TTC no 2 cycle 9 UCL 35-40 AF due 11 Nov
Luce2006 TTC#2 cycle 15 UCL 19-36 AF due 14 Nov

Graduates
Cep - BFP 13 Oct

MASSIVE CONGRATULATIONS TO CEP!!!!!! Well done!!!!!can you please send some pregnancy dust my way???
knitter..you crazy woman!!!!!LOL figers crossed the twinge is implantation! We need more graduates on this bus!!!!
so,what's going on with me...well,I decided to try something different and relax after all the problems I've had with my Surgery
Had my first Reflexology session yesterday morning and it was BLISS
DH thinks I'm bonkers but I do believe in souls,spirits and energy the lady was lovely and managed to make me relax! I told her what has been going on for the past year and how I felt let down by the Dr.She concentrate on those points on the sole of my feet that corrispond to the reproductive organs and must say that sinc eyesterday morning I've had cramps in my lower abdomen ( also think that she might have touch my bowel point cause after 2 weeks where I was constipated,time to get home and went to the loo )I know that Reflexology is not going to get me pg but I do think that it will help me on getting the stress out of my system and help with my hormones imbalance and hopefully, after all this I wil managed to get pg

Lots of baby dust to you Luce and to everyone else on here. :vibes: [vibes]

didn't work. imagine fingers wiggling sends happy vibes or baby dust to you all.

Hi All! Got kicked off the June bus, so here's hoping that this one is lucky for everyone!!
Congrats cep hope you are the first of many graduates:)

I will add myself to the stats:

Alien06 TTC#1 Cycle 3 UCL 31-32 AF due 14 Oct
Hippyhen TTC#1 cycle 18 UCL 26 AF due 21 Oct
GetDownYouWillFall TTC#2 cycle 1 UCL 27-45 days AF due 21 Oct
LadyGoneGaga TTC#2 cycle 1 (post-mc) AF due 22 Oct
Brasso4 TTC#2 cycle 1 UCL (not sure) AF due 23 Oct
Greeneyesbigbottom TTC#1 Cycle 14 UCL28 AF Due 24th Oct
KnitterNotTwitter TTC#2 cycle 2 (round 3) UCL 28-32 AF due 24 Oct
Mylittlebubble TTC#2 Cycle 4 UCL 32 AF Due 24TH Oct
Fledtoscotland TTC #3 cycle 4 UCL 26-28 AF due 25 Oct
KnackeredCow TTC#1 cycle 13 UCL 28 AF due 27 Oct
Fatheadsgirl TTC#2 Cycle3(post 3MC's) UCL30-35 AF due 28 Oct
Rosieroseanna TTC#1 UCL 28 cycle 4 AF due 28 Oct
absentbump TTC #1 cycle 17 UCL 23-27 days AF due 28 Oct
Rosieposey TTC #5 cycle 10 UCL 30 AF due 29 Oct
Ravenlocks TTC#1 Cycle 6 UCL 29 AF due 29 Oct
Eskarina TTC #1, Cycle 4, UCL 27-35 (tending towards 33ish), AF due 22-29th Oct
Teds77 TTC#1 cycle 3 UCL 26-28 AF due 30 Oct
mrsden TTC#1 cycle 4 UCL 30 AF due 31 Oct
kat2504 ttc#1 cycle 2 UCL approx 26, AF due 31st Oct
Jazzy-ttc#2 cycle 2 UCL 25-? AF due 31 Oct?
IzzyWizzyletsgetbusy TTC#3 (post mc) cycle 3 UCL26-29 AF due 3 Nov
gettingonmyownnerves TTC#2 cycle 9 UCL 25-31 days AF due 3rd/4th November
Wombat33 ttc#1 cycle 1 (post MC) UCL 31ish AF due 5/6 Nov
MrsP81 ttc#1 cycle 6 UCL 30-32 AF due 5/6 Nov
sillybillymummy ttc#3 cycle 6 UCL 29 CD3 AF due 5th-9th Nov
PeevedEve TTC#2 Cycle 17 UCL 27-28 AF due 7 Nov
FluffySparkles TTC #1 UCL 31-35 AF due 10 Nov
Queenrollo TTC#2 cycle 8 UCL 35-41 AF due 11 Nov
Jigglebum TTC no 2 cycle 9 UCL 35-40 AF due 11 Nov
Luce2006 TTC#2 cycle 15 UCL 19-36 AF due 14 Nov
Goldmaple TTC#1 cycle 3 UCL 28-30 AF due 9/10 Nov

Graduates
Cep - BFP 13 Oct

Afternoon all, have lovely cups of tea and chocolate tiffin for the afternoon ride.

Knitter fingers crossed for implantation and err, glad you spotted the calendar

mrsden am wishing you extra energy for the next few days. Am absolutely shattered but sooo want it to happen this month. Obviously that means it won't...

Luce loving the bowel point reflexology success

And welcome to goldmaple

Afternoon everyone. been lurking rather than posting as last month got rather too into it all and had convinced myself I was pregnant and was then bitterly disappointed.

Hi to all the new joiners. Hi Gettingonmyownnerves sorry not to have responded on the other thread. Sorry you weren't successful last month either - here's hoping July is better for us.

Congrats to Cep and looking forward to hearing of more BFPs soon. I have ages to wait as have a five to six week cycle, which is very frustrating when TTC. My DH definitely knows when I am ovulating or nearly ov - he never gets that much sex anymore otherwise. I think he finds the pressure to perform a bit much sometimes! I am in awe of anyone who manages it more than once a day! I was meant to be visiting relatives over half term and just realised that is not a good time for DH to be apart - think I will have to keep the visit very short, without explaining why!! It is tricky isn't it.

Afternoon goldmaple lovely to have you with us...

and thanks Teds - I still feel rather foolish :)